Megestrol

DB19378ApprovedSmall moleculeProgestins

Megestrol: Overview.

Chemical structure of Megestrol
Mechanism
Curator reviewed
Formula / weight
C22H30O3 · 342.479 g/mol (avg)
Also known as
17-hydroxy-6-methylpregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dione · Chronopil

Resolves to

Compound
UNIIEA6LD1M70MCAS3562-63-8ChEMBLCHEMBL4071215ChEBI6722KEGGC07120
Clinical / RWD
RxNorm6703ATCG03AA04ATCG03AB01ATCG03AC05PharmGKBPA450351
Structure
InChIKeyVXIMPSPISRVBPZ-NWUMPJBXSA-NSMILES[H][C@@]12CC[C@](O)(C(C)=O)[C@@]1(C)CC[C@@]1([H])[C@@]2([H])C=C(C)C2=CC(=O)CC[C@]12C
Targets
P06401PGR

What you can answer from here — as of September 12, 2026

1Protein targetEach mapped to UniProt, with action and pharmacological action
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7ATC codesIncluding every combination product, plus 22 drug categories
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